• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 days ago

    It means pro-Western empire. Hong Kong was occupied by Britain and only developed a “pro-democracy/anti-China” movement when the British decided to develop it as a leave-behind spoiler when they realized they had no legal basis to extend their lease of the island past 1999

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      But they did extend the lease for fifty years didn’t they? With the one-country, two systems treaty, they extended the lease for 50 years while adding the rest of Hong Kong that wasn’t under lease, but owned by the UK.